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Your Mastermind specialist subject?

Jub

07:53 / 12.05.06

Everyone knows the show Mastermind right? If you had to go on the show what would your specialist subject be and why?

I think I would choose The Life and Times of Thomas More, since I did my Alevel project on it and a module at uni on him and think he's brill.

Evil Scientist

09:39 / 12.05.06

Star Trek: TNG.

Not because I'm a huge fan of it or anything, but decades of Sky 1 re-runs of it has left me with horribly precise knowledge of the minutia of the show by sheer osmosis.

Haus of Mystery

10:56 / 12.05.06

The films of John Carpenter (excluding 'Ghosts of Mars').

GogMickGog

14:03 / 12.05.06

Alice In Wonderland. The bloody book wallpapers my mind.

Sniv

14:23 / 12.05.06

How to fight a dog, for the obvious reasons. Or the Simpsons for the same reasons Evil Scientist gives. Or maybe PKD books (but give me another year to finish 'em all first).

matthew.

15:19 / 12.05.06

Seinfeld for Evil Scientist's reasons. I've just seen so many episodes and know so many characters and lines. I love the show, but not fanatically. I just know it well, that's all.

Jake, Colossus of Clout

15:38 / 12.05.06

Baseball, definitely. Something that I've followed for twenty years. I have a head full of obscure rules and statistics. Who was the catcher for the 1992 Boston Red Sox? Tony Pena! 1989 MVP? Kevin Mitchell! Nomar's batting average in 2000? .372!

It's a sickness, really. But it feels so good...

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

17:36 / 12.05.06

Or the Simpsons for the same reasons Evil Scientist gives.

Same here (except that I love the Simpsons), although I would need to specify seasons 4-13 as my area of ultra expertise.

Olulabelle

18:59 / 12.05.06

I'd choose Synaesthesia. Would I be allowed to do that? Actually I suppose it's a bit like choosing Diabetes really and probably not acceptable.

Ganesh

19:03 / 12.05.06

Queer: The Lyrics of Morrissey. Except there'd be no yes/no questions.

Olulabelle

19:47 / 12.05.06

I am not understanding. Do you mean no 'yes/no' like the 'yes/no game' where the player A isn't allowed to say yes or no in answer to player B's questions? That would make for amusing viewing but somehow I am sure this is not what you mean.

Ganesh

20:11 / 12.05.06

I mean almost any answer on Morrissey and sexuality would, by necessity, be lengthy and inconclusive.

■

21:10 / 12.05.06

Probably the music of Scott Walker.

Ah. Thank you.

lengthy and inconclusive

Sounds like every good thread on here.

Mourne Kransky

21:27 / 12.05.06

The films of Bette Davis. Or Joan Crawford. Or Sandra Bullock.

Mistoffelees

21:36 / 12.05.06

I know a lot about the mess, that is the german thelemic scene. But I hope, nobody wants to hear about it, because I´m sick of those people.

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22:51 / 12.05.06

Sorry, missed a "why", there. OK, because despite Scott Walker being really rather cheesy, mildly sexist and very unfashionable, I have committed to heart almost every lyric he has ever written (and many in the orignal French by Brel) because he brought me through some relatively bad times and can still make me smile with a quick blast of Mathilde. I reckon I could ace any round that conveniently ignored the last two albums.

Mistoffelees

23:04 / 12.05.06

But his tilt album is wonderful! When you mentioned him, I hoped I could question you about his new release.

Goodness Gracious Meme

23:10 / 12.05.06

I mean almost any answer on Morrissey and sexuality would, by necessity, be lengthy and inconclusive.

Perhaps only if you were being quizzed, dear.

1)Has Stephen Patrick Morrissey ever explicitly identified himself as queer?

Loomis

06:27 / 13.05.06

I would like to specialise in Morrissey puns, with a bonus round of Morrisey monkey-related puns. As long as I don't have to face Gypsy Lantern in the lightning bonobo-only round.

Ganesh

07:32 / 13.05.06

1)Has Stephen Patrick Morrissey ever explicitly identified himself as queer?

He doesn't do explicit.

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